AS A FRESHMAN (2023-24)
Appeared in 20 games off the bench … Made collegiate debut vs. ULM, recording two rebounds and playing two minutes … Registered one point and two offensive rebounds in six minutes against Little Rock … Made her first collegiate field goal against Marquette, playing nine minutes at the Fort Myers Tip-Off … Registered two points and three boards against Incarnate Word … Played in seven SEC games … Appeared in Arkansas’ last four games of the season, including at Tulsa in the WBIT.
PRIOR TO ARKANSAS
A member of the Spanish National Team … Played at FIBA U18 3×3 World Cup and European Youth Olympic Festival 3×3 in Maribor, Slovenia … Selected for workouts for six consecutive years (U12, U13, U14, U15, U16 and U17 teams) and played an unofficial tournament on the U15 national team … With Segle XXI, played in 26 games in 2022-23, averaging 6.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game … Logged a double-double vs. Mataro with 17 points and 11 rebounds … Efficient rebounder with 15 games with 5+ boards with Segle XXI in 2022-23 … Earned gold and silver medals at the Andalucian Cup U14 … Chosen to the Andalucías Team three times and won a silver and bronze medal at the national cup … Best rebounder on the U14 nationals club cup … Was selected to the Granadas Team six times … Picked for the NBA Academy games in Atlanta … LF champion in 2021.
ABOUT CRISTINA’S GAME
“Cris has only begun to scratch the surface of how good she can become, and the player she can be developed into. I know Coach Neighbors and his elite staff will help her reach her maximum potential. She has high-level international experience combined with length, work ethic, athleticism and motor to fit well with Arkansas’ system and their established culture.” – Rachel Galligan, owner of GoGlobal Recruiting
FUN FACTS
- Daughter of Peque and Felix
- Has a little brother
- Majoring in kinesiology
- She was 13 years old when she first played basketball and was a gymnast before that, but was getting too tall for it
- Wears #10 because she likes the number and her mom wore it
- Chose Arkansas because of the family atmosphere, something she wanted being so far away from home
- Loves going to Jenna Lawrences’ family’s house for dinner
- Favorite professional team is FCB (Barcelona) and favorite professional athlete is Rafa Nadal
- Favorite sport to watch other than basketball: tennis
- Her parents both played basketball and they inspire her the most
- Fun nickname: Crissy
